Apple raises prices of MacBooks, iPads as memory costs skyrocket

Apple Price Hike Hits MacBooks and iPads With Increases of Up to $300 as AI Boom Drives Costs Higher

Apple has increased the prices of several MacBook and iPad models, with some devices rising by as much as $300 in the United States and up to £300 in the UK after warning that rising memory and storage costs linked to the artificial intelligence boom had become too expensive to absorb. The new prices apply immediately across selected MacBook and iPad models in the UK and overseas. Apple said soaring demand for memory chips used in AI data centre…

Apple raises prices for MacBooks and iPads as costs soar over AI

On Apple’s US website, price increases ranged from US$30 to US$300. (EPA Images pic) SAN FRANCISCO: Apple said Thursday it was raising prices for its MacBook computers, iPad tablets and other products, citing spiraling memory and storage costs sparked by the rise of artificial intelligence. The price hikes — the first concrete change stemming from outgoing CEO Tim Cook’s repeated warnings about rising costs — sent Apple shares plummeting more th…

The Macflation crisis is here, and I just dodged it by a hair

Apple raised MacBook prices this week. I bought mine 10 days earlier, and now, I’m the most thankful person you’d ever know.

Apple stock gets slammed on bigger Mac, iPad price hikes. Why it can weather the storm

The stock had its worst session in more than a year as management made its first official move to pass higher memory costs onto consumers.